Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements
The Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements is an active transportation infrastructure project in the City. 8 separate matters touch this project; each has its own status.
Davies Property
The Davies Property project is a proposed mixed-use redevelopment of 4131 Chain Bridge Road (a 2.69-acre site currently containing a large house), submitted by The Hill, A Davies Family, LLC. The application sought a rezoning from RM (Residential Medium) to CU (Commercial Urban), retaining the Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District (TOD overlay), along with a General Development Plan with proffers, special exceptions, and a Certificate of Appropriateness.
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
The Ox Block
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Gatewood Plaza
Gatewood Plaza is a proposed redevelopment of an existing office building (commonly referred to as the "State Farm building") at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard in the City of Fairfax. The applicant seeks a zoning map amendment from RM Residential Medium and CR Commercial Retail to CR Commercial Retail, a comprehensive plan amendment to change the future land use designation from Commercial Corridor to Multifamily Neighborhood, a special use permit for upper-story residential and mixed uses, and nine special exceptions covering density, building height, bulk plane, required yards, transitional yards, parking, and resource protection area.
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Pathway Homes proposal
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
Christopher at Fairfax
- Feb 10, 2025Planning Commission · item 10Staff Report
A discussion and update on the transportation project at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place was scheduled for the February 11, 2025 City Council meeting, as reported to the Commission.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
The Two-Year Transportation Program is a recurring City of Fairfax planning and prioritization tool used to advance multimodal transportation projects from concept through funding application and design. It serves as a critical programmatic step through which individual projects — such as bicycle routes, sidewalk improvements, intersection upgrades, and multimodal corridor studies — are formally adopted and advanced.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
Taco Bell
The Taco Bell project involves the proposed construction of a Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through on Parcel D, a 0.66-acre vacant pad site at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard, within an existing multi-tenant shopping center (the larger Parcel A being 2.4 acres). The site is zoned Commercial Retail, falls within the Commercial Corridor place type, and is subject to an Architectural Control Overlay District.
- Staff Report
A forthcoming Chain Bridge/Eaton Place meeting was noted as an upcoming item by staff.
- Oct 8, 2024City Council · item 12cPresentation and update on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place project
A presentation and update on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place project was provided during the work session; no formal action was taken.
- Discussion on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements
Council discussed proposed intersection improvements at Chain Bridge Road and Eaton Place during the February 18, 2025 work session. No formal action was taken.
- Public hearing on the Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements Project
Public hearing held at the intermediate design stage. No Council action was required. Residents provided comments on the project design prior to right-of-way acquisition.
In full
The project was first publicly surfaced in a City Council work session on October 8, 2024, where a presentation was provided but no formal action was taken. Staff flagged a forthcoming community meeting on the project in October 2024, and by February 2025, Planning Division Chief Nabti reported to the Planning Commission that a City Council discussion was scheduled for February 11, 2025. A work session discussion was held on February 18, 2025 (no formal action taken).
The project reached a significant milestone on March 25, 2025, when a public hearing was held at the intermediate design stage — the phase prior to right-of-way acquisition — with Transportation Director Wendy Sanford presenting the staff report and residents offering comments both in support and in opposition. No Council action was required at the public hearing stage.